Mr. Furious Records

Cory translated the Russian blog that linked to The Silent Woods:

Style: [indi]-[folk], acoustic [indi]- fate. Extremely unoriginal [indi]- fate and [indi]-[folk] under the acoustic guitar with inconsistent high man (sometimes [duetnym]) [vokalom]. It is recorded in the bedroom in Cory, is on top somewhere superimposed synthesizer and all this only is processed on the computer (obviously it is, as a minimum, passed through [garmonayzer]). This simple and unassuming domestic record, is not more. Minus is mark for the [sintezatornuyu] inaccuracy. 3/5

They seem pretty bummed about it, but still gave the record 3 of 5 stars!

I wonder if the “high man” is the harmony-singer (me) or the higher-pitched notes-singer (Cory).  Because the “inconsistency” could be my f’d up harmonies or Cory’s live vocals.  I wonder what “garmonayzer” is.

Cory and I continue to be super-happy about the album.

5*C plays tomorrow night at RecordBar with Flee the Seen and Kill Hannah, which is pretty cool.  It’s early/all-ages; we play at 5 PM sharp, and the show will be over by 8:30.  Still light out then.

I’ve been expirimenting with new accessories for my stage look, including the “casual ascot,” the “bandit tie,” the “theater scarf,” and the “faux-scot.”  High hopes.

I read www.pitchforkmedia.com every day, but listening to the Forkcast this morning for a couple hours I am dismayed at the blandness of the playlist’s eclecticism.  Paradox?  It all seems to indie-predictable, including the pop-dance stuff and the Lil Wayne fetish.  I’d like to hear more metal, more lo-fi, more pop *songs,* and more roots/folk/world stuff.  New songs from Okkervil River and Au were really good.  LCD Soundsystem is always solid.

-h

It’s Wednesday, but the middle-of-the-week blogging in the aftermath of The Silent Woods isn’t ideal.  I’ll return to Saturday postings this very weekend.

Tonight 5*C is playing in the finals of 93.3’s Best Local Band contest; winner opens for the very big Red, White, & Boom! show in a few weeks.  Whether we win or not, we’ve made a bunch of friends, so that’s a victory.  The Kill Hannah show on Sunday night will be rad no matter what.

Speaking of The Silent Woods, at least 407 individuals have downloaded a song or more from it!  We love the Internet Archive’s new download-counter, for sure.  And thanks for the link, this-blog-in-Russian!

Listening-wise, I’ve been on a big Elvis Costello kick.  TV on the Radio.

Haven’t been able to start You Have To Wear the Boots rehearsals yet.  I’m super-looking-forward to it, though.  You guys have no idea.  -h

Keeping it short.

If you’re in KC, come see Five Star Crush tonight at Blaney’s in Westport, 9 PM, and stay ’til the end to vote for us to play at Red, White, and Boom this summer.

The new counting process at archive.org has been really encouraging for us; Cory Kibler’s The Silent Woods is at 339 downloads as I write.

With Cory’s record out, my plan is to begin rehearsing for Sally Ride’s You Have To Wear the Boots in my free time.  Because the plan is to record the basic guitar/vocal tracks live  to tape (not digital), it’s going to take some practice.

Last Friday 5*C played in Lindsborg, KS at Bethany College’s Swedestock event.  Because of a cancellation, we were asked to play as long as possible, so in addition to the regular set we dug up re-worked versions of “Strange,” “Ghosts,” “Kalispell,” and other odds and ends.  The bandshell in the park was still painted for last summer’s production of South Pacific.  The kids were mostly hanging out in the shade, eating burgers, which was cool.  Sun in our eyes and hot.  It was fun.

The band that followed us was really good.  They gave me that discovering-a-great-band-at-an-outdoor-festival feeling I haven’t had in a long time.  At the time they were Amsterband, but on Sunday they changed their name to Ha Ha Tonka.  I’ve been listening to their sh*t-kicking indie record, Buckle in the Bible Belt, nonstop since then.  Visit their MySpace page and hear “St. Nick on the Fourth in a Fervor.”

1- The Silent Woods
2- Joanna (You Forgot the Time)
3- How We Can Know
4- The Fast Track To Success
5- The Lonely Lumberjack
6- Easy Kill
7- Top Secret Pizza Party
8- Into The Fire
9- Violently Real Reality

STREAM MFR020 - The Silent Woods
(VBR-mp3 format in a Flash popup window via archive.org)

Co-release with Lone Prairie Records

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If we win, we’ll open for Fall Out Boy this Saturday night in KC!  THANKS!

-h